diff --git a/redis/asyncio/connection.py b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
index 9cd0d082a4..17383cc7d1 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/connection.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
@@ -1143,8 +1143,20 @@ async def check_health(self):
             )
 
     async def _send_packed_command(self, command: Iterable[bytes]) -> None:
-        self._writer.writelines(command)
-        await self._writer.drain()
+        writer = self._writer
+        if writer is None:
+            raise ConnectionError("Connection closed while writing")
+        try:
+            writer.writelines(command)
+            await writer.drain()
+        except AttributeError as error:
+            if str(error) != "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'writelines'":
+                raise
+            raise ConnectionError("Connection closed while writing") from error
+        except TypeError as error:
+            if str(error) != "'NoneType' object is not callable":
+                raise
+            raise ConnectionError("Connection closed while writing") from error
 
     async def send_packed_command(
         self, command: Union[bytes, str, Iterable[bytes]], check_health: bool = True
@@ -1164,8 +1176,7 @@ async def send_packed_command(
                     self._send_packed_command(command), self.socket_timeout
                 )
             else:
-                self._writer.writelines(command)
-                await self._writer.drain()
+                await self._send_packed_command(command)
         except asyncio.TimeoutError:
             await self.disconnect(nowait=True)
             raise TimeoutError("Timeout writing to socket") from None
@@ -1393,7 +1404,13 @@ def pack_commands(self, commands: Iterable[Iterable[EncodableT]]) -> List[bytes]
 
     def _socket_is_empty(self):
         """Check if the socket is empty"""
-        return len(self._reader._buffer) == 0
+        reader = self._reader
+        if reader is None:
+            raise ConnectionError("Connection closed while reading")
+        try:
+            return len(reader._buffer) == 0
+        except AttributeError as error:
+            raise ConnectionError("Connection closed while reading") from error
 
     async def process_invalidation_messages(self):
         while not self._socket_is_empty():
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
index c56b5d9dd4..834654d08e 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_connection.py
@@ -83,6 +83,81 @@ def test_connection_default_parser_matches_default_protocol():
     assert conn.protocol == 3
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("socket_timeout", [None, 1])
+async def test_closed_writer_during_write_is_connection_error(socket_timeout):
+    conn = Connection(socket_timeout=socket_timeout)
+    conn._reader = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer.writelines.side_effect = AttributeError(
+        "'NoneType' object has no attribute 'writelines'"
+    )
+    conn.disconnect = mock.AsyncMock()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionError, match="Connection closed while writing"):
+        await conn.send_packed_command([b"PING\r\n"], check_health=False)
+
+    conn.disconnect.assert_awaited_once_with(nowait=True)
+    conn._reader = None
+    conn._writer = None
+
+
+async def test_invalid_packed_command_type_error_is_not_connection_error():
+    conn = Connection()
+    conn._reader = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer.writelines.side_effect = TypeError("invalid packed command")
+    conn.disconnect = mock.AsyncMock()
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="invalid packed command"):
+        await conn.send_packed_command([b"PING\r\n"], check_health=False)
+
+    conn.disconnect.assert_awaited_once_with(nowait=True)
+    conn._reader = None
+    conn._writer = None
+
+
+async def test_invalid_packed_command_attribute_error_is_not_connection_error():
+    class InvalidCommand:
+        def __iter__(self):
+            raise AttributeError("invalid packed command")
+
+    conn = Connection()
+    conn._reader = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer.writelines.side_effect = lambda command: list(command)
+    conn.disconnect = mock.AsyncMock()
+
+    with pytest.raises(AttributeError, match="invalid packed command"):
+        await conn.send_packed_command(InvalidCommand(), check_health=False)
+
+    conn.disconnect.assert_awaited_once_with(nowait=True)
+    conn._reader = None
+    conn._writer = None
+
+
+async def test_closed_writer_type_error_is_connection_error():
+    conn = Connection()
+    conn._reader = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer = mock.Mock()
+    conn._writer.writelines.side_effect = TypeError("'NoneType' object is not callable")
+    conn.disconnect = mock.AsyncMock()
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionError, match="Connection closed while writing"):
+        await conn.send_packed_command([b"PING\r\n"], check_health=False)
+
+    conn.disconnect.assert_awaited_once_with(nowait=True)
+    conn._reader = None
+    conn._writer = None
+
+
+async def test_closed_reader_during_invalidation_processing_is_connection_error():
+    conn = Connection()
+    conn._reader = None
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionError, match="Connection closed while reading"):
+        await conn.process_invalidation_messages()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("buffer", "eof", "expected"),
     [